Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Aug 31, 2001, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)

Expired

Aug 31, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

92 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Jackson County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KHGX 311928
FFWHOU
FFWHOU
TXC239-481-312100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
228 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 220 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD        
  CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING ACROSS JACKSON AND WHARTON COUNTIES.      
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THESE COUNTIES WITH    
  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY 4 PM.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  EDNA...EL CAMPO...GANADO...WHARTON

ROAD CLOSURES IN WHARTON COUNTY INCLUDE FM 1300 WEST OF FM 399 AND 
WEST OF HIGHWAY 1160. COUNTY ROADS 378...372...AND 366 ARE CLOSED 
AND FLOODED NEAR CREEK WATERSHEDS. FM 1301 IS CLOSED AT MATAGORDA 
COUNTY LINE. ROAD CLOSURES ARE ALSO REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD 164 AT 
TEAGUE ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 215 AT LOW WATER BRIDGE.

HIGH WATER IS REPORTED ON US 59 AT MUSTANG CREEK AND NEAR THE 525 
EXIT. HIGH WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 60 5 MILES 
SOUTH OF LANE CITY AND NEAR NEEL ROAD.

IN JACKSON COUNTY...COUNTY ROADS 401...283...AND 311 ARE EITHER 
UNDER HIGH WATER OR CLOSED.

SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER
SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE GROUND

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 2963 9617 2922 9595 2920 9597 2898 9632
          2875 9645 2872 9665 2918 9675 2937 9639

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 31, 9:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
945 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

MCS OVER SW THIRD OF CWFA THIS MORNING PRODUCING ISOLATED 2 INCH
PER HOUR RATES OVER WHARTON AND EXTREME SW FORT BEND COUNTIES.
SATELLITE IR LOOP INDICATE CLOUD TOP WARMING BY NEARLY 10 DEG C LAST
2 HOURS FROM THIS CLUSTER AND HOPEFULLY THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE.
HOWEVER...ANALYZED MORNING DATA SHOWS VERY HIGH PWATS (NEAR 2.5
INCHES AT KLCH) OVER REGION...DIFLUENCE AT UPPER LEVELS AND 30 KT
LLJET. WILL NOT CHANGE PREVIOUS PACKAGE SINCE IT IS ON TRACK.

37/46/48

.HGX...FFA ALL CWA TODAY.
       SCA 20 TO 60 NM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL.

CLL...080/073 083/073 088 987
IAH...079/074 080/074 086 +87
GLS...083/079 083/079 086 +87

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.